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Military Quotes by Otto von Bismarck
- Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
- Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
- When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
- The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
- Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
- The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
- To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
- Politics is not an exact science.
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